May 2024 - Gary David Gillen

This is my Writing Progress Report May 2024.

I attended the Penguicon conference, from April 26, 2024, to April 28, 2024, in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Writing Progress from April 2024.

I wrote one blog post for my website, garydavidgillen.com. The post was my writing progress report for April 2024, which is linked below.

Writing Progress Report April 2024

In April 2024, I submitted Chemithurgy Chapter Four of Four (Section Two of Three) to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.

Writing Progress from April 2024 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in April 2024.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

The seven Flash Fiction Stories I submitted in 2020 and 2021 were Space-Dog Confession, Sleeping Sickness, Caliburnus, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, Wormhole Generator, Runs with Scissors, and Principled Rogue.

Magazine submissions for 2021 were 4 unique stories submitted 4 times, with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 4 rejections. No submissions for 2022. None for 2023.

Events from April 2024.

I attended the Penguicon conference, from April 26, 2024, to April 28, 2024. They held the conference at the Ypsilanti Marriot at Eagle Crest, 1275 South Huron Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

This is a link to the Peguicon website.

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Writing Goals for May 2024.

In May 2024, I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2024.

I plan to submit a story to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in May 2024.

In May 2024, I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I plan to split Chapter 1 into two chapters and add a scene to the new chapter 1.

Submit the stories Space-Dog Confession, Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, Grognard, LARP Film noir, Sleeping Sickness, Popular Mechanics Re-brewed, and Caliburnus. to other short fiction magazines.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

In May 2024, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.

Planned Events for May 2024.

The next conference I plan to attend is the Marcon conference in Columbus, Ohio, from May 17, 2024, to May 19, 2024. They will hold the conference at Crowne Plaza North Hotel in Worthington, Ohio.

This is a link to the Marcon website.

https://www.marcon.org/home

This is a link to the Marcon Conference Facebook account.

https://www.facebook.com/MARConOH

This is my Writing Progress Report April 2024.

I witnessed the total eclipse in the Cleveland Area on April 8, 2024 at 3:16 PM.

Writing Progress from March 2024.

I wrote two blog posts for my website, garydavidgillen.com. One of the posts was my writing progress report for March 2024, which is linked below.

Writing Progress Report March 2024

In March 2024, I submitted Chemithurgy Chapter Four of Four (Section One of Three) to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call.

Writing Progress from March 2024 Continued

I made five posts on my Goodreads account in March 2024.

In the past, I submitted the stories; Four Humors, Space Station Sunyata, and Grognard to magazines.

Magazine submissions for 2021 were 4 unique stories submitted 4 times, with 0 accepted, 0 pending, and 4 rejections. No submissions for 2022. None for 2023.

Events from March 2024.

I attended the Cleveland Concoction, from March 8, 2024, to March 10, 2024. They held the conference at the Bertram Inn and Conference Center at 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, Ohio.

I attended the opening ceremonies, three lectures, three panels, two author showcases, the guest of honor talk, and the closing ceremonies.

This is a link to the ConCoction website.

http://www.clevelandconcoction.org/

Another event I attend was the Western Reserve Writers Conference at the South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library in Lyndhurst, Ohio on March 23, 2024.

This is a link to the Cuyahoga County Library website.

https://www.cuyahogalibrary.org

Writing Goals for April 2024.

In April 2024, I plan to write five blog posts for garydavidgillen.com including my Writing Progress Report for April 2024.

I plan to submit a story to the Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop on a Zoom call in April 2024.

In April 2024, I plan to work on third draft edits for Assassin in New Marl City using comments from the Novel Writing Workshop at Parma, Ohio. I plan to split Chapter 1 into two chapters and add a scene to the new chapter 1.

Polish and submit the stories White Bracer, Mage Squad, I Shall Not Return, Prisoner of Tarnal, and Kay-Eye for submission to short fiction magazines.

In April 2024, I plan to make five posts on my Goodreads account.

Planned Events for April 2024.

The next conference I plan to attend is the Penguicon conference, from April 26, 2024, to April 28, 2024. They will hold the conference at the Ypsilanti Marriot at Eagle Crest, 1275 South Huron Street, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

This is a link to the Peguicon website.

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